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What impact does time pressure have on creativity?

Idea to Value

Diamonds are formed under pressure There are numerous examples of companies who allowed staff to take time to work on their own innovations and creative ideas. In this 2002 Harvard Business Review article previewing some of the findings, the authors noted: When creativity is under the gun, it usually ends up getting killed.

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Comment on Innovation Minute #25: How to Conduct Healthy Experiments by Fraser Liscumb

Stephen Shapiro

Natural born Innovator administrator and Analyst and actually have been part of change for the last 40 years in Canada to now innovation, R&D, start-up is now supported. When our Hub introduce Canadian government in 2002 to community incubator and accelerator thinking. More than agree with what you say.

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There are Knowns and Unknowns in Innovation: Let’s Manage Them Differently

Paul Hobcraft

Secretary of Defense Donald Henry Rumsfeld, who mentioned: “unknown unknowns” (Rumsfeld, 2002). For innovators so much of innovation is hard to detect, it needs discovery and working through these quadrants of knowledge as well. Our pursuit in life is often the same as our innovation efforts, the search for discovery.

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ISS Software GmbH and Wazoku partner to revolutionise the German insurance industry

Wazoku

ISS Software GmbH and Wazoku are set to transform the German insurance sector by enabling the co-creation of new solutions for insurance organisations for and in collaboration with the wider industry. Wazoku’s platform has become an invaluable tool for businesses globally who aspire to build an effective culture of EveryDay innovation.

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Innovation Networks – Needed Now More Than Ever

The Inovo Group

Innovation Networks are no longer an option for large companies. An internal innovation network today can be the T-shaped entity of an organization that can effectively bring new knowledge, both know-what and know-how, into the company. This company is optimized for operational excellence but has the mandate to innovate.

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COVID-19: Business R&D Spending Will Fall by at Least 5-6%

Commodore Innovation

Innovation teams are not, of course, immune to this disruption. Innovation should be part of the immediate response In the immediate term, innovation teams have opportunities to stay relevant by helping their organizations respond effectively to the new environment in which we find ourselves. in 2001 and a further 5.6%

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Hidden tools at my fingertips

100%Open

We’re at an event today with #Adobe’s @tonyharmer where he teaches us how to use the tools we own in Adobe CC to design and collaborate more efficiently. excited #design #graphicdesign #programme #adobecc #collaboration #innovation. And we’ll have a sneak peek into something brand new very soon too!

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